Build Infrastructure Awards 2016 magazine

Build Infrastructure Awards 9 the scope of works and ensure we liaise effectively prior to conducting any on-site works. Our staff are experienced in conduct- ing this process in a professional and yet commercially savvy way. Although we need to be comprehensive we also want to ensure the best and most cost effective results for our clients. We will always undertake some initial consultations and constraint analysis while producing fee proposals to try and ensure there are no hidden surprises or costs later in the project. We follow best practice industry standards to ensure compliance at all levels for our clients and are thorough in our research, site investigations and report production. This ensures that there are less chances of planning related environmental issues later in the project. The future will be an exciting and busy time for Neo Environmental. We have recent- ly expanded into Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and have gained significantly traction in these markets, with a number of large residential and energy pro- jects already commissioned and work currently underway with some large developers and planning consultants. We have 12 archaeologists on a solar farm site in Cambridge and are also conducting ecological clerks of Works for McLaughlin and Harvey on the 1km River of Leith Flood Defence scheme in Edinburgh. There are also a number of projects on the horizon, so we expect to be busy and to grow our experience. Within our industry we have also identified a number of exciting opportunities, and we believe it will be interesting to identify what will happen with environmental legislation should Brexit become a reality. A lot of the current legislation is derived from EU Directives, so what implications there are for these is as yet unknown. The energy market, particularly renew- ables has stagnated due to cuts in subsidies and the current UK gov- ernment’s stance. This has resulted in a significant amount of uncer- tainty. However, there are significant policy drivers affecting housing with a significant shortfall in supply. Dr Alan Holmans, from the Cambridge Centre for Housing and Planning Research at Cambridge University has stated that housing requirements are on average around 240,000 – 245,000 per year. This provides great opportunities for Neo and our clients and we look forward to taking advantage of these in the years to come. Company: Neo Environmental Website: http://www.neo-environmental.co.uk/ IA16013